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'''Thomas Clarkson''' (1760 Wisbech - 1846)  a British [[abolitionist]] who encouraged the [[Amis des Noirs]] and supplied the society with propaganda that had been used in Britain.  ([[The Black Jacobins|James]], p. 54) He also financed weapons purchases by the Haitian [[mulatto]] leader [[Vincent Ogé]] used for his crushed revolt in [[1790]].

Clarkson was a prominent member of several abolitionist groups:

* The ''Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade'' (later renamed, ''the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade'' (Founded [[1787]]).
* The ''Society for the Mitigation and Gradual Abolition of Slavery throughout the British Dominions'' (Founded 1807).
* The ''British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society'' (Founded 1839).

==See also==
* [[Thomas Clarkson - Thoughts on The Haitian Revolution]] - Excerpt from a book published in 1823.

==References==
* {{The Black Jacobins}}
* [http://www.brycchancarey.com/abolition/clarkson.htm Thomas Clarkson - Biography and Bibliography]

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